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| 1 Kings
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- 19:1
- Ahab told
Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how
he had killed all the prophets with the
sword.
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- 19:2
- Then
Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah,
saying, "So may the gods do to me,
and more also, if I do not make your life
like the life of one of them by this time
tomorrow."
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- 19:3
- Then he
was afraid; he got up and fled for his
life, and came to Beer-sheba, which
belongs to Judah; he left his servant
there.
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- 19:4
- But he
himself went a day's journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a
solitary broom tree. He asked that he
might die: "It is enough; now, O
Lord, take away my life, for I am no
better than my ancestors."
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- 19:5
- Then he
lay down under the broom tree and fell
asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and
said to him, "Get up and eat."
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| 1 Kings
19 Read
This Chapter |
- 19:1
- Ahab
reported to Jezebel everything that
Elijah had done, including the massacre
of the prophets.
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- 19:2
- Jezebel
immediately sent a messenger to Elijah
with her threat: "The gods will get
you for this and I'll get even with you!
By this time tomorrow you'll be as dead
as any one of those prophets."
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- 19:3
- When
Elijah saw how things were, he ran for
dear life to Beersheba, far in the south
of Judah. He left his young servant there
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- 19:4
- and then
went on into the desert another day's
journey. He came to a lone broom bush and
collapsed in its shade, wanting in the
worst way to be done with it all - to
just die: "Enough of this, God! Take
my life - I'm ready to join my ancestors
in the grave!"
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- 19:5
- Exhausted,
he fell asleep under the lone broom bush.
Suddenly an angel shook him awake and
said, "Get up and eat!"
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